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Bug 35855 - hw_random and i810_rng in sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.4.22-r1
Summary: hw_random and i810_rng in sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.4.22-r1
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: x86-kernel@gentoo.org (DEPRECATED)
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Reported: 2003-12-14 22:30 UTC by Jeremy Huddleston (RETIRED)
Modified: 2003-12-21 07:41 UTC (History)
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Description Jeremy Huddleston (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2003-12-14 22:30:59 UTC
Is there any reason why the patches provide both of these in the kernel?  AFAIK, the hw_random is just the newer version (1.0.0) of the i810_rng (0.9.8) renamed because it works with other chipsets now... See Documentation/i810_rng.txt and hw_random.txt

You should probably remove older code...

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Comment 1 Brian Jackson (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2003-12-21 07:41:14 UTC
It may be a little bit of dead weight, but I don't want to take something away that works that someone might use. They use different CONFIG_ names, so someone doing a make oldconfig won't get the new one automatically.